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The extraordinary feminist retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the point of view of Rosaline, the woman Romeo loved first.

The most exciting historical retelling of 2023: a subversive, powerful untelling of Romeo and Juliet by New York Times bestselling author Natasha SolomonsWas the greatest ever love story a lie?The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers...

The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life. Soon though, Rosaline begins to doubt all that Romeo has told her. She breaks off the match, only for Romeo's gaze to turn towards her cousin, thirteen-year...

The extraordinary feminist retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the point of view of Rosaline, the woman Romeo loved first.

Before Romeo loved Juliet, he loved Fair Rosaline .

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR'A beautifully written, literary tour-de-force' John Ironmonger, author of Not Forgetting the Whale'A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel' Jillian CantorThe Mona Lisa has hung in the Louvre for over two-hundred years. She has watched alone in silence as millions of people have admired her behind the glass.Now, she is finally ready...

Listen to my history. My adventures are worth hearing. I have lived many lifetimes and been loved by emperors, kings and thieves. I have survived kidnap and assault. Revolution and two world wars. But this is also a love story. And the story of what we will do for those we love.In Leonardo da Vinci's studio, bursting with genius imagination, towering commissions and needling patrons, as well as discontented muses, friends and rivals, sits the ...

Over the centuries, few could hear her voice, but now she is ready to tell her own story, in her own words - a tale of rivalry, murder and heartbreak. I, Mona Lisa is a deliciously vivid, compulsive and illuminating story about the lost and forgotten women throughout history.

Der Beginn einer Ehe. Das Ende einer Dynastie. Wien, 1910. Die jüdische Bankiersfamilie Goldbaum ist alt und mächtig. Ihr Einfluss reicht bis in die höchsten Kreise der Regierung, sei es in Österreich oder anderswo in Europa. Von einem derartigen Einfluss kann Greta Goldbaum nur träumen. Sie wird nicht einmal gefragt, als ihre Heirat beschlossen wird. So findet sie sich bald im fremden England wieder, an der Seite von Albert, einem Spross des...

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The House at Tyneford comes an epic family saga about a headstrong Austrian heiress who will be forced to choose between the family she's made and the family that made her at the outbreak of World War I.

Vienna, 1911. Sulla Heugasse, costruito con la pietra bianca più bella d'Austria, sorge il palazzo dei Goldbaum, una famiglia di influenti banchieri ebrei. In città si dice che siano così ricchi e potenti che, nelle giornate uggiose, noleggino il sole perché brilli per loro. Ben poco accade, dentro e fuori la capitale, su cui non abbiano voce in capitolo, e meno ancora senza che ne siano a conoscenza. Persino nei fastosi palazzi di Casa d'Asbu...

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Natasha Solomons is the author of the internationally bestselling novels Mr Rosenblum's List, The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and The Gallery of Vanished Husbands. Natasha lives in Dorset with her son, daughter and her husband, the children's author, David Solomons with whom she also writes screenplays. Her novels have been translated into 16 languages. When not writing in the studio, Natasha can usua...

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It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When Kit, the son of Tyneford's master, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely fri...

From the author of the international bestseller "Mr Rosenblum's List". The tale of one woman's life and an unusual emotional journey, as her husband's disappearance leaves her an outsider in her conservative Jewish community, and she turns to the post-war art scene. 'Captivates you with its charm, quirkiness and old-fashioned storytelling' "Daily Mail".

En la primavera de 1938, Viena ha dejado de ser un lugar apacible tras la llegada al poder de los nazis. Hija de familia acomodada, Elise Landau consigue salir de Austria, pero sólo por medio de un anuncio de trabajo: en la mansión isabelina de Tyneford, en la lejana y antipática Inglaterra. Hija de familia acomodada, mimada desde su infancia, Elise, quien siempre tuvo servicio en casa, tendrá que trabajar de camarera. Sobre el mundo se cierne...

After his beloved wife's death, the composer Harry Fox-Talbot is unable to write a single note, until one day he discovers his troublesome young grandson is a piano prodigy. As the music returns, Fox is compelled to re-engage with life - and, ultimately, to confront an old and bitter rift. One with its roots in 1946, when he gave up his dreams of a musical career to help save the family home from ruin, and when he fell for his brother's girlfr...